Heems Turns 'Blade' Opening Into Music Video

Like Heems? Like Stephen Norrington’s 1998 vampire thriller Blade? Here’s the former Das Racist’s emcee’s video for “Desi Shoegaze Taiko”, a droney, Yuck-sampling deep cut from 2012’s excellent Nehru Jackets. Spoiler: It’s just the vampire rave scene from Blade in its entirety, juxtaposed with Heems’ lines about not going to Whole Foods and “paging all the babes.”

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